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For fans of Stephen King’s Misery and Jo Nesbø’s The Snowman comes an engrossing thriller about a monster who becomes a victim and a victim who becomes a monster. From Patrick Senécal, the Quebec author who has sold over a million books worldwide.

One sunny fall day, Dr. Bruno Hamel’s life changes forever.

His beloved seven-year-old daughter, Jasmine, is the victim of a tragic crime. Grief-stricken, Hamel sets in play a meticulous plan. He will kidnap the man responsible for his daughter’s death and make him pay horribly for what he has done. He manages to ambush a police transport and disappear with his target.

But Hamel hasn’t accounted for Hervé Mercure, a detective with a troubled past who becomes certain he can track down Hamel by studying clues in his past—and in the increasingly unsettling phone calls Hamel makes to his partner, Sylvie.

Both riveting and provocative, this daring thriller is an enthralling meditation on what it means to be human—and to battle the monster within and without.

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Seven Days

Although it was a page turning story it is one of the darkest books I have ever read however I still could not put it down even though the brutality was to the extreme

by Douglas Bradleyon February 7, 2019

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3.0

A fast read.

I was debating if I should rate it 4 or 3 stars. The story line is great and the reading is very fast and easy to follow. I can’t judge the writing as it was translated from French, but the translation seems to be very good, but I’m sure that something went missing because I felt totally detached. I read some reviews and mostly considered this one to be very violent (graphic) but I was not disturbed about it (especially if you have read “The Alienist”, “The Orenda”, “Mr. Murder”, “The Name of The Rose”, “Hideway” or Pierre Lemaitre’s trilogy, just to name a few). Anyways, the story is engaging and I didn’t want to stop reading, but I did find that it did drag for too long. I will definitely check for his other books.

by Nilton T.on March 6, 2019

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4.0

Seven days

Quite mesmerizing and horrifying too in its descriptions of the “punishment “ doled out by a victim in revenge.
While raising questions about justice it certainly makes us consider humanity and forgiveness . Is that what makes us truly human? This book shows what horrors we are capable of when hate blinds us to all else.

by SKMD on April 23, 2019

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5

Tense thriller

Patrick Senécal is a bestselling French-Canadian author whose novel Seven Days, first published in the early 2000s, has been translated to English by Howard Scott and Phyllis Aronoff for publication Jan. 1/19. His writing style has been compared to Stephen King's. The book deals with a tragedy that happens to Dr. Bruno Hamel and his partner Sylvie: their young daughter Jasmine is brutally murdered. Dr. Hamel's overwhelming grief takes over and leads him to kidnapping the man responsible in order to avenge Jasmine's murder. The chase is now on with the police lead by Detective Mercure. The plot is difficult for the reader who must decide which man is the real criminal. It is a tense and often gory read but it is one heck of a ride. It is hoped that more of Patrick Senécal's novels will be translated. He is an author to be discovered by an English audience. Highly recommended. Thank you to Simon & Schuster and NetGalley for the e-ARC in exchange for an honest review.

by Carole F.on January 2, 2019

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5

Monsters

COULD NOT PUT THIS ONE DOWN!
Enraptured with every page.
A combination of Stephen King and Arthur Conan Doyle. Can't wait for the next one.
Brilliantly evokes the dark side none of us want to admit exists.